Suicide reported on Purdue campus

By John Terhune/Journal & Courier--A Purdue Police Department cruiser is used to direct traffic onto University Street as workers from Highway Safety Services place barriers across Ind. 26 Monday, May 17, 2010, in West Lafayette. With most Purdue University students gone for the summer, one block of State Street in the middle of the campus will be closed to traffic. The Indiana Department of Transportation has announced that State Street (Indiana 26) will be shut down from the east side of Waldron Street to the west side of University Street. The anticipated reopening is Aug. 1. The closure is due to construction of Marriott Hall at the corner of State and University.(Photo: John Terhune/Journal & Courier, Journal & Courier)

WEST LAFAYETTE — Purdue University spokesman Tim Doty confirmed that there was a suicide early Thursday on campus.

"Purdue police and fire responded to a call of a deceased individual near the Wood Street parking garage around 5:20 this morning," Doty wrote in response to the Journal & Courier's request for information.

Doty did not release any additional information, noting that the death is being investigated by the Tippecanoe County Coroner's Office.

Doty said the university will release more information when it becomes available.

The Journal & Courier has a call into Tippecanoe County Coroner Donna Avolt.

Avolt refused to release any information about the case.

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